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J R PAYSON, Jr SLIDING DOOR SUPPORT.

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J. R. "PAYSON, Jr. -SLIDING Doo-R SUPPORT. {N o. 506,018. A

\Vv W t cUNITED STATES;

PATENT OFFICE.

JOSEPH R. PAYSON, JR., OF CHICAGO,IILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR TO EDWARD PAYSON, OF SAME PLACE.

sLlDlNc-DooR SUPPORT.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 506,013, dated October 3,1893. Application filed February 20, 1893. Serial No. 463,132. (No model.)

To a/ZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, JOSEPH R. PAYsoN, Jr.,

of Chicago, Illinois, have invented certain newv and useful Improvements in Sliding-Door Supports, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to means for supporting sliding doors.

The invention is particularly adapted forl pendulum hanger. In putting up this pend-V ulum hanger it is customary to employ what is termed a cross-board, lwhich is a board se-V cured in the space above the door and parallel to the top edge thereof. With hangers of the kind above mentioned, it is possible to employ a short cross-board, that is,one which is only a trifle longer than the width of the door over which it is used.

Priorvto my invention there has been a radical defect in the operation of these devices, owing to the fact that it is impossible to reach the hanger located above the pocket when it s gets out of level. Various devices have been proposed for the purpose of adjusting long tracks to compensate for settling and to preserve the parts in alignment, but nothing has heretofore been devised that will permit the hangers and their supports to be removed bodily and leveled, repaired or lubricated as occasion may require.`

The object of the present invention is to provide a support for the hangers and track plates so constructed and arranged that whenever desired the support and its attached hangers and track plates may be removed bodily through the opening above the door after the removal of the softs flanking the slot through which the supporting hooks pass. It is well known that re-adjustment of vthe hangers or their track plates often becomes necessary owing to the settling of the building and therefore some means for conveniently removing them for readjustment, lubricating, dac., are of the greatest importance. To this end I employ a removable cross-board to which the track plates are fastened and upon which plates the hanger supports travel. This cross-board is secured to the studs so as to prevent its being drawn laterally therefrom when in use by lag screws or equivalent fastenings which can be removed by a suitable instrument when it is desired to take out the cross board. The cross-boardis vertically rspace and a part of one of the doors, the

hanger showing in edge view.

In the drawings, 3 represents the headers, 4 studs erected thereon, 5 softs, 6 casings,

'and 7 the plaster.

-f 8 represents a cross-board which is removably secured to the studs 4 by the lag screws 9 or equivalent fastenings. These screws are intended only for the purpose of preventing the board from being pulledlaterally away from the studs when in use.

10 is a cleat which is ixedly secured to the header and forms avertical bearing and support for the cross-board, and this cleat sustains therweight of the door and its hangers. 11 represents the track plates, and 12 the extensible arms of the hangers, which arms are pivoted to the upper angle of the track plate and have the movable or rolling supportY 14. rlhe doors 15 are supported from the pivot of the lower arms by means of the hook `bolts 16..

The operation of this hanger isfu'lly described in my said prior patent and will be sufficiently obvious from an inspection of the drawings withoutv detailed description.

The cross board is usually put in place during the erection of the building and when access can be had thereto. After being leveled the hangers are secured to the cross-board. Whenever it becomes necessary .to reach the IOO hangers for re-adj ust ment, to replace a broken part, or for lubrication, the softs are removed and the hook bolts disconnected. The lag screws are then removed, which can be readily effected With a long handled Wrench and then the cross-board is moved side-Wise until it clears its supporting cleat, when the crossboard and its attached hangers can be removed bodily through the opening. To permit the removal of the sofits Without marring them, they are preferably secured upon the headers by means of the screws shown.

I claimu 1. In means for supporting sliding doors, the combination with a cross board removably secured above the door, of hangers secured to said board, and the cross board and hangers being adapted to be removed bodily through the opening, substantially as described.

2. In means for supporting sliding doors, the combination with a cross board removably secured above the door, of a cleat xedly secured in position to form a vertical support for the cross board and hangers secured to the cross board, the latter being of less length than the hanger space above the door opening so as to adapt it to be bodily removed through the opening with its attached hang ers, substantially as described.

3. In means for supporting sliding doors, the combination with a cross board removably secured above the door, of a cleat forming a vertical support therefor, track plates secured to the cross board and hangers having an extensible arm pivotally `connected to the track plate and door and a movable or rolling support on the track plate, substantially as described.

JOSEPH R. PAYSON, JR.

Witnesses:

FREDERICK C. GOODWIN, C. C. LINTHICUM. 

